PBS NewsHour; June 9, 2020, 6:00pm-7:00pm PDT

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- OF THESE INSTITUTIONS: - POSSIBLE BY THE COORATION FOR - PUBLIC BROADCASTING. - STATION FROM VIEWERS LIKE YOU.BS - THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: THE HOUSTON FUNERAL - OF GEORGE FLOYD HAS DOMINATED - THE NEWS OF THIS DAY, WITH VOWS - THAT HIS DEATH WILL NOT BE IN - VAIN. - SPEAKERS AT THE SERVICE RANGED - FROM FAMILY TO THE FAMOUS, AS WE - HEAR IN OUR OPENING REPORT, FROM - JOHN YANG. - >> Reporter: GEORGE FLOYD WAS - LAID TO REST TODAY, MORE THAN - BEING ARRESTED BY A WHITE WHILE - MINNEAPOLIS POLICE OFFICER - GALVANIZED AN INTERNATIONAL - MOVEMENT. - ♪ ♪ - AT HIS HOUSTON FUNERAL, MOURNERS - CELEBRATED FLOYD'S LIFE, AND - REFLECTED ON HOW HIS FINAL - WORDS-- "I CAN'T BREATHE"--IN - BECAME A RALCRY IN THE - >> WHEN HE YELLED "PLEASE,ISM. - PLEASE I CAN'T BREATHE," IST

- PED WEARING TIES. - I WANT JUSTICE FOR MY BROTHER, - MY BIG BROTHER. - THAT'S BIG FLOYD. - EVERYBODY KNOWS WHO BIG FLOYD IS - NOW. - EVERYBODY IS GOING TO REMEMBER - HIM AROUND THE WORLD. - HE'S GOING TO CHANGE THE WORLD. - >> HIS ASSIGNMENT TURNED INTO A - SEPURPOSE, AND THAT PURWAS - AROUND THE WORLD THAT THERE ARE - PEOPLE RISING UP THAT WILL NEVER - SIT DOWN UNTIL YOU GET JUSTICE.Y - >> MOST FAVORITE MEMORY WITH - MY CLE WHEN HE WOULD SCRATCH - HIS DEAD AFTER LONG DAYS AWORK. - WE CREATED A SONG CALLED, - "SCRATCH MY HEAD, SCRATCH MY - HEAD, YEAH." - BUT AFTER THAT, I KNEW HE WAS A - COMEDIAN. - HE ALWAYS TOLD ME, "BABY GIRL, - YOU'RE GOING TO GO SO FAR WITH - THAT BEAUTIFUL SMILE AND BRAINS - OF YOURS." - PRESIDENTPRESUMPTIVE DEMOCRATICE - JOE BIDEN MET WITH THE FAMILY ON

- MONDAY AND SAI - >> I THINK WHAT'S HAPPENED HERE - IS ONE OF THOSE GREAT INFLECTION - POINTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY, FOR - REAL.MS - IN TF CIVIL LIBERTIES, - CIVIL RIGHTS AND JUST TREATING - PEOPLE WITH DIGNITY. R - orter: IN WASHINGTON, - SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH - McCONNELL SAID TIM SCOTT OF - SOUTH CAROLINA, THE CHAMBER'S - ONLY AFRICAN-AMERICAN - REPUBLICAN, IS DRAFTING A BILL - ADDRESSING RACIAL DINATION - IN POLICING. - THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES A DAY - AFTER HOUSE AND SENATE DEMOCRATS - INTRODUCED A SWEEPING MEASURE OF - THEIR OWN. - HOURS BEFORE FLLOYD'S FUNERAL, - PRESIDENT TRUMP USED A TWEET TO - WITHOUT OFFERING EDENCE-- THAT- - A 75-YEAR-OLD PROTESTOR SHOVED - TO THE GROD BY BUFFALO POLICE" - TECOULD BE AN ANTIFA PROVO" - TAKING PART "IN A SET-UP." - THE MAN, A LONGTIME PEACE - ACTIST NAMED MARTIN GUGINO, - REMAINS HOSPITALIZED. - THE TWO OFFICERS INVVED HAVE - BEEN SUSPENDED WITHOUT PAY AND - CHARGED WITH FELONASSAULT. - IN AN SUGGESTION OF GROWING - UNEASE WITH THE PRESIDENT, SOME - REPUBLICAN SENATORS DIANCED - THEMSELVES FROM THE TWEET.

- >> I SAW THE TWEET. - IT WAS A SCKING THING TO SAY, - AND I WON'T DIGNIFY IT WITH ANY - FURTHER COMMENT. - >> Reporter: OUTSIDE THE WHITE - HOUSE, THE PARK SERVICE SAYS - TEMPORARFENCING AROUNDYE - LAE PARK WILL BE REMOVED - BY WEDNESDAY, BUT THE PROTESTS - IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AND ACROSS - THE COUNTRY SHOW SO SIGNS OF - RELENTING. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M JOHN - YANG. - >> Woodruff: INSIDE THE CHURCH - IN HOUSTON, THE REVEREND AL - SHARPTON DELIVERED THE EULOGYOR - FOR FLOYD. - HE HONORED FLOYD'S LIFE AND THE - MOVEMENT SPARKED BY HIS DEATH. - >> YOU SAID YOU WANTED TO TOUCH - THE WORL - R THAT.OD HAD ALREADY MADE YOU - BUT YOU DIDN'T TOUCH IT IN A - COURT.BALL COURT OR FOOTBALL - OUD HAD SOMETHING ELSE FOR - BECAUSE ALL OVER THE WORLD, - GEORGE, THEYE RCHING WITH - UR NAME. - YOU TOUCHED THE WORLD IN SOUTH - AFRICA. - YOU TOUCHED THE WORLD IND. - ENGL

- YOU TOUCHED THE WORLD IN EVERY - ONE OF THE 50 STATES. - EVEN IN A PANDEMIC. - PEOPLE ARE WALKING OUT ITHE - STREETS, NOT EVEN FOLLOWING - SOCIAL DISTANCING. - BECAUSE YOU TOUCHED THE WORLD. - AND AS WE LAY YOU TO REST TODAY, - THE MOVEMENT WON'T REST UNTIL WE - GET JUSTICE, UNTIL WE HAVE ONE - STANDARD OF JUSTICE. - YOUR FAMILY IS GOING TO MISS - YOU, GEORGE. - BUT YOUR NATION IS GOING TO - ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR NAME. - >> Woodruff: LET'S HEAR MORE - ABOUT THESE MOMENTS AT THE - FUNERAL AND THE COMMUNITY'S - RESPONSE. - MATT HARAB IS WITH HOUSTON - PUBLIC MEDIA AND WAS LISTENING - TO THE SERVICE AT THE CHURCH - TODAY. - MATT HARAB, THANK YOU VERY MUCH - FOR TALKING WITH US. - WE KNOW IT WASN'T JUST THE - REVEREND SHARPTON. - THERE WERE OTHER SPEAKERS TODAY. - WHAT WAS THE LARGER SSAGE THAT - THEY WERE DELIVERING? - >> YEAH, I THINK THE LARGER

- F SSAGNEASE A O OCT - HOUSTON, AND YOU HEAR THESE - PROTESTORS TALKING ABOUT HOW - THEY WANT REFORM AND THEYNT - JUSTICE, AND IT'S ONE THING THE - HEAR WORDS. - IT'S ANOTHER THING TO SEE - ACTION. - YOU HEARD IN THE SPEECH TODAY - FROM REVEREND SHARPTON ALONG - WITH HIS SPEECHES IN MINNESOTA, - HE MENTIONED SLAVERY, HE - MENTIONED VOTING RIGHT, HE - MENTIONED DIFFERENT TIME PERIODS - IN AMERICAN HITORY WHERE CHANGE - WAS REQUIRED. - IN MY OPINION. - AND THIS IS ONE OF THEM. - AND HE CONTINUES TO TALK ABOUT - POLICE REFOA, AND I THINK T - IS THE LARGER MESSAGE HERE IS - THE FACT THAT THESE AREN'T... - THEY SHOULDN'T JUST BE WORDS. - THEY SHOULD BE ACTION, AS WELL. - I THINK THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE WANT - TO SEE. - >> Woodruff: MATT, WE KNOW YOU - TALKED TO PEOPLE AER THEY ENT - THE CHURCH. - TELL US ABOUT WHO WAS .ERE - TELL US ABOUT WHETHER THEY - REPRESENT THE WIDER HOUSTON - COMMUNITY, AND WHAT WERE THEY - SAYING TO YO - >> IT WASN'T JUST THE HOUSTON - COMMUNITY. - YOU HAD HOUSTIANS COME OUT AND - SHOW THEIR SUPPORT, BUT I TALKED - TO A GENTLEMAN WHO DROVE HERE

- ALL THE WAY FROM SA, - OKLAHOMA. - HE IS A PROFESSOR, AND HE WANTED - TO BE HERE BECAUSE IT'S NOT ONLY - IN SUPPORT OF GEORGE FLOYD AND - THE FAMILY, BUT HE TALKED ABOUT - HOW THIS HISTORIC EVENT. - HE WANTED TO BE HERE SIMPLY - BECAUSE IT IS AN HISTORIC EVENT. - I TALKED TO A YOUNG WOMAN WHO - WATALKING ABOUT HER BRTHER, - AND HOW SHE HAD BN ARRESTED - BRUTALLY AND THIS IS IMPORTANTTO - FOR HEE SPECIFICALLY TO - SUPPORT HIM IN ADDITION TO - GEORGE FLOYD. - SO YOU HAD A LOT OF PEOPLE - OUTSIDE OF THE CHURCH AS THE - SERVICE WAS GOING ON,AS THE - SPEECHES WERE GOING ON, ALL OF - THEM WITH DIFRENT SIGNS, BLAC - LIVES MATTER, I CAN'T BREATHE, - AND IT WASN'PL ROJUSSSTHE COUNTY - WHO TRAVELED HERE, AMIDST A - GLOBAL PANDEMIC TO BE HERE TODAY - IN SUPPORT OF GEORGE GEORGE AND - HIS FAMILY. - >> Woodruff: AND IT IS, IN - FACT, IT'S NOT JUST A NATIONAL - MOVEMENT. - BUT MATT, WHAT ARE THE LEADERS,. - LOCAL LEADERS THERE INOUON - SAYING ABOUT ALL THIS?

- HOW ARE THEY RELATING TO IT? - >> WELL, TE OF TINGS THAT - MAYOR SYLVESTER TURNER TALKED - HE'S GOING TO SIGN AN EXECUTIVE - ORDER BANNING CHOKE HOLDINGS BY - THE HOUSTON POLICE DEPARTMENT. - THIS IS A POLICE DEPARTMENT, - THEY ASKED FOR A MEMBER LEADING - INTO GEORGE FLOYD'S DEATH. - WE HAVE SIX OFFICER-INVOLVED - SHOOTINGS WITH CIVILIANS IN THE - FIVE WEEKS LEADING INTO GEORGEDE - FLOYD'H. - SO THERE WAS A LOT OF MOMENTUM - LOCALLY WHEN IT COMES TO POLICE - ANTHIS WAS JUST LIKE THE - CHERRY ON TOP. - BUT ISTHINK THAT . HIM - ANNOUNCING TODAY, THE MAYOR, - THAT ACTION IS GOING TO BE - TAKEN,SIT'S NOT T WORDS, - BANNING CHOKEHOLDS IS ONE OF THE - THINGS THAT HAS BEEN TALKED - ABOUT WHEN IT. - COMES TO STOPPING POLICEY. - BRUTAL - THE HOUSTON POLICE CHIEF WAS ON - THE FRONT LINES IN THE THIRD - WARD WITH PROTESTORS A COUPLE - WEEKS AGO AS THEY MARCHED FROM - THE THIRD WARD, THE STREETS - WHERE GEORGE FLOYD GREW UP, ALL - THE WAY TO CITY HALL. - SO LOCAL LEADS ARE TAKING IT

- SERIOUSLY. - AND WE'RE JUST GOING TO HAVE TO - SEE AT HAPPENS WHEN IT COMES - TO REACTION FROM THE LOCAL - COMMUNITY FOR THINGS LIKE THIS - CHOKEHOLD BAN, WHICH THE MAYOR - ANNOUNCED DAY. - >> Woodruff: MATT HARAB WITH - HOUSTON PUBLIC MEDIA REPORTING - ON THE FUNERAL OF GEORGE FLOYD - TODAY. - MATT, THANK YOU VERY M - >> Woodruff: IN THE DAY'S OTHER - NEWS, THE U.S. SATE CONFIRMED - GENERAL CHARLES BROWN TO BE AIR - FORCE CHIEF OF STAFF. - HE IS THE NATION'S FIRST BLACK - MILITARY SERVICE CHIEF EVER. - THE VOTE WAS 98 TO NOTHING. - WE'LL FOCUS ON RACE IN THE - MILITARY, AFTER THE NEWS - SUMMY. - THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION - TRIED TODAY TO CLEAR UP - CONFUSION OVER THE SPRD OF THE - CORONAVIRUS. - ON MONDAY, A TOP W.H.O. - RESEARCHER, MARIA VAN KERKHOVE, - APPEARED TO SAY THAT INFECTED - PEOPLE WITH NO SYMPTOMS RARELY - TRANSMIT COVID-19. - TODAY, SHE SAID SHE WAS

- OFTUDIES. ONLY TO A SMALL SAMPLE - >> WE DO KNOW THAT SOME PEOPLE - WHO ARE ASYMPTOMATIC OR SOME - PEOPLE WHO DON'T HAVE SYMPTOMS - CAN TRANSMIT THE VIRUS ON. - AND SO, WHAT WE NEED TO BETTER - UNDERSTAND IS HOW MANY PEOPLE IN - THE POPULATION DON'T HAVE - SYMPTOMS AND, SEPARATELY, HOW - MANY OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS GO ON - TO TRANSMIT TO OTHERS. - >> Woodruff: ALSO TODAY, THEST - E OF NEW JERSEY LIFTED ITS - STAY-AT-HOME ORDER.DI - AND A HARVARD L SCHOOL - STUDY SUGGESTED THAT COVID-19 - NHAMA SEGVEDIPRUNNEA - WORLD LEADERS WI CONVENE - THIS SEPTEMBER, FOR THE ANNUAL - UNITED NATIONS GENERALBLY - DUE TO THE PANDEMIC. - THEY MAY GIVE RECORDED MESSAS - INSTEAD. - IT'S THE FIRST TIME THAT'S - HAPPENED IN THE WORLD BODY'S - 75-YEAR HISTORY. - IN HONG KONG, HUNDREDS MARCHED - TODAY ON THE FIRSTNNIVERSARY - OF A RALLY THASPARKED A PRO- - DEMOCRACY MOVEMENT. - THEY FLOODED THE CITY'S - FINANCIAL DISTRICT, DEFYING

- CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS. - RIOT POLICE STOOD WATCH AND MADE - SOME ARRESTS. - CITY LEADER CARRIE LAM WARNED - TODAY THAT THE CHINESE TERRITORY - NNOT AFFORD ANY MORE CHAOS. - NORTH KOREA ANNOUNCED TODAY IT - IS CUTTING ALL COMMUNICATIONS - WITH SOUTH KOREA. - PYONGYANG BLAMED SEOUL FOR - LETTING DEFECTORS AND ACTIVISTS - SEND ANTI-NORTH KOREAN LEAFLETS - ACROSS THE BORDER ON BALLOONS. - THE MOVE COMES AS TENSIONS ON - THE PENINSULA ARE AGAIN RISING. - AND, ON WALL STREET, THE ONGOING - MARKET RALLY HIT A ROUGH PATCH, - AND STOCKS WERE MOSTLY DOWN. - THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE - 27,272.0 POINTS TO CLOSE AT - THE NASDAQ EDGED 29 POINTS - HIGHER TO A NEW ALL-TIME HIGH.HE - BUT, T S&P 500 SLIPPED 25. - STILL TO COME ON THE, - "NEWSHOU" MULTIPLE SENIOR - MILITARY LEADERS SPEAK OUT ABOUT - IMPROVING RACE RELATIONS IN S E - UNITED STAMED FORCES; WHY

- REPORTERS OF COLOR OFTEN FACE - DIFFERENT STANDARDS IN NEWSROOMS - NATIONWIDE; AS THE CORONAVIRUS - PANDEMIC PERSISTS, WE EXAMINE - THE PRACTICAL REALITIES OF - VOTING BY MAIL AND MUCH MORE. - >> Woodruff:EORGE FLOYD'S - DEATH HAS SPARKED NEW CALLS - WITHIN THE U.S. MILITARY TO - IMPROVE RACE RELATIONS. - THE AIR FORCE MADE HISTORY - TODAY, WHEN THE NEW CHIEF OF - STAFF, GENERAL CHARLES BROWN WAS - SWORN IN. - AMERICAN TO BECOME A CHIEF OF A - MILITARY SERVICE. - NICK SCHIFRIN HAS THE STORY. - >> THE NOMINATION OF CHARLES Q. - BROWN, JR., TO BE CHIEF OF STAFF

- AND GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES - AIR FORCE. - >> FOR THE FIRST TIME IN THE - REPUBLIC'S 244-YEAR HISTORY, THE - SENATE CONFIRMED A BLACK - OFFICER, GENERAL CHARLES BROWN, - TO MILITARY SERVICE CHIEF. - >> THINKING ABOUT A HISTORY OF - RACIAL ISSUES, IN MY OWN - EXPERIENCE IT DIDN'T ALWAYS SING - LIBERTY AND EQUALITY. - >> LAST WEEK BROW POSTED AN - EMOTIONAL VIDEO ABOUT WHAT HEWA - THINKING ABOUT RACISM IN THE - MILITARY. - >> I'M THINKING ABOUT THE - PRESSURE I FELT TO PERFORM - ERROR-FREE, ESPECIALLY FROMW - SUPERVISOR EXPECTED LESS - THAN ME AS AN AFRICAN AMERICAN. - I'M THINKING ABOUT WEARING THE - SAME FLIGH SALUTE ON WINGS - AS MY PEERS AND BEING - QUESTIONED, ARE YOU A PILOT. - I'M THINKING ABOUT MY MENTORS - AND HOW RARELY I HAD A MENTOR - WHO LOOKED LIKE ME. - >> BLACK LATTER! - >> IN THIS MOMENT OF NATIONAL - DISQUIET, THE MILITARY IS A - CRUCIBLE OF RACE RELATIONS.RE - >>LLY YOU HAVE TO I THINK - MORE THAN TALK ABOUT IT, YOU GOT - TO BE WILLING TO LISTEN. - >> AND IT SPARKS ADMISSIONS LIKE - THESE BETWEEN OUTGOING AIR FORCE

- CHIEF OF STAFF DAVID GOLDSTEIN - AND TOP AIR FORCE ENLISTED - LEADER CHIEF MASTER SERGEANT - WRIGHT. - >> WE PROOMBABLY DON'T CPLETELY - UNDERSTAND IT, BECAUSE YOU AND I - HAVE HAD DIFFERENT LIFE - EXPERIENCES GROWING UP. - >> THE FEAR I HAVE WHEN I'M - DRIVING DOWN WHETHER IT'S THE - BELTY OR ANY STREET AND I SEE - BLUE LIGHTS, BECAUSE I THINK IT - DOESN'T MATTER IF I'E THCHIEF - OR WHATEVER, AND MY GREATEST - FEAR IS NOT FOR MYSELF, IT'S - THAT I WAKE UP ONE DAY AND ONE - OF OUR AIMEN WILL BE GEORGE - FLOYD. - >> TO TALK ABOUT RACE IN THE - U.S. MILITARY, I'M JOINED BY - RETIRED MAJOR GENERAL DANA - PIARD, WHO HAD A 34-YEAR - CAREER IN THE ARMY, INCLUDINGRA - OVERSEEING THEING OF THE - IRAQI MILITARY, AND RETIRED - BRIGADIER GE - WHO HAD A 29-YEAR CAREER MOSTLY - IN THE GREEN BERETS WITMY - SPECIAL FORCES. - GENTLEMAN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - WELCOME TO THE NEWSHOUR. - MAJOR JARRELL PITTARD, WHAT'S - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF GENERAL - BROWN BECOMING THE FIRST BLACK

- SERVICE CHIEF TODAY? - >> WELL, THANK YOU, NICK. - TODAY WAS A GREAT DAY IN THE - HISTORY OF OUR REPUBLIC. - GENERAL BROWN, WHO I HAVE KNOWN - OVER THE YEARS, IS AN EXCELLENT - CHOICE AS THE CHIEFF STAFF IN - THE AIR FORCE. - IT IS JUST TOO BAD IT'S TAKEN - 244 YEARS TO HAVE AN AFRICAN - AMERICAN IN CHARGE OF ONE OF OUR - SERVICES. - BUT IT'S A GREAT DAY EITHER WAY. - >> Sifrin: BRIGADIER GENERAL - BTLER, THE PERCENTAGE OF - OFFICERS WHO ARACK DECREASES - WITH SENIORITY, AND THE PERCENT - ACT OF ENLISTED WHO AR BLACK - INCREASES. - WITH SENIORITY. - BACK IN '97 YOU WROTE AN ARTICLE - CALLED "WHY BLACK OFFICERS - FAIL." - HAVE THINGS CHANGED IN THE LAST - 23 YEARS? - >> NOT VERY MUCH. - BLACK OFFICTS GET ABOU - PROMOTED TO THE SAME RATE TO THE - RANK OF CAPTAIN. - ONCE TY MAKE CAPTAIN, THEYAT

- DRALLY DROP OFF. - SO THE WEEDING-OUT PROCESS - STARTS EN. - BY THE TIME U'RE A MAJOR, YOU - PROBABLY HAVE ALREADY HAD A - COUPLE MENTORS.NO - IF YOU'RE A MRITY OFFICER, - MANY TIMES YOU DON'T HAVE A - MEOR. - ONE, WE'RE UNDER THE MISTAKEN - OPINION A LOT OF TIMES THAT A - MENTOR HASO LOOK LIKE ME. - I HAVE NEVER HAD A BLACK MENTOR - BECAUSE THEY WEREN'T TRE, BUT - I HAVE HAD SOME GREAT WHITE - MENTORS IN SPECIAL FOR - THROUGHOUT THE MILITARY, FOR - MANY, NY YEARS. - THERE ARE A LOTOF OFFICERS WHO - FEEL THAT IF YOU'RE A BLA - GENERAL, THEY IT IT BECAUSE OF - AFFIRMATIVE ACTION AND YOU - AREN'T SMART ENOUGH. - I REMEMBER WHEN I FIRST BECAME A - BRIGADIER, THEYSED HAVE - THIS SAYING, I DON'T KNOW, IT'S - CALLED GENERAL. - I DIDN'T KNOW THAT MANY GENERAL - OFFICERS, BUT I GOT A LOT OF - COMMENTS THAT SAID NOT SMARTT - ENOUGH, MART ENOUGH. - I WENT TO A GENERAL AND I SAID,

- WHAT THE HECK IS THIS? - SAYS, DON'T WORRY ABOUT IT. - HE SAID, I DON'T EVEN READ THOSE - THINGS. - HE SAID, THAT'S WHAT A LOT OF - PEOPLE ARE GOING TO SAY, WE - AREN'T SMART ENOUGH, BUT WE AREH - SMART EN - ENLISTED RANKS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN - THE WORKER BEE. - THEY'RE THE ONES WHPERFORM THE - LABOR, GET THE TROOPS IN LINE, - GET THE TROOPS ON TIME. - GET THEM TO THE MESSHALL, GET - THEM BACK. - THEY HAVE ALWAYS BEEN WORKINGR - ITE OFFICERS. - ON MANY OCCASIONS. - THE ENLISTED FOLKS HAVE BEEN - ACCEPTED, BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT - UNDER THE OFFICERS. - THEY'RE NOT EROFF THEY'RE - ENLIED. - THEY'RE LOWECASTE BASICALLY. - >> Schifrin: MAJOR PITTARD, I - WONDERED IF YOU CAN COMMENT - ABOUT THAT, THE NOT ONLY - IMPLICIT RACM THAT MILITARY - LEADERS ADMITTING TO,UT THE - EXPLICIT RACISM PERHAPSHAT YOU - EXPERIENCED AS WELL. - >> OH, SURE. - I MEAN, THERE'S STILL A LEGACY - OF SYSTEMATIC RACISM IN OUR - COUNTRY.

- AND THE U.S. MILITARY, - SPECIFICALLY THE U.S. ARMY IS - LY A REFLECTION OF SOCIETY - THAT IT SERVES. - NO BETTER OR WORSE AS FAR AS - RACISM. - ONE WOULD HOPE IT WOULD BE - BETTERECAUSE THERE ARE SOME - THINGS THE ARMY HAS DONE IF THE - PAST THAT CISTUALLY BEEN IN - FRONT OF SOCIETY, LIKE THE - INTEGRATION OF UNITS, THE ORDER - BY PRESIDENT TRUMAN I BELIEVE - BACK IN 1948 WAWELL AHEAD OF - BROWN VERSUS BOARD OF EDUCATION - IN 1956. - SO THERE HAS BEEN SOME GOOD - THINGS THERE, BUT THERE'S STILL - THIS LEGACMAOF SYSC RACISM - IMPLICIT BIAS THAT WE SEE. - AND, YES, WE HAD THOSE PEER - RATINGS THAT WITH GENERAL - OFFICERS THAT GENERAL BUTLERME - IONED, AND SOMETIMES THEY - WOULD SAY, THEY HURT YOUR - FEELINGS AS FAR AS SOME THINGSE - THAT WAID, AND YOU JUST - HAVE TO SCRATCH YOUR HEAD ONTH - . - IT IS A PLUS TODAYHAT GENERAL

- BROWN WAS NOMINATED AND - CONFIRMED AS THE CHIEF OF STAFF - OF THE AIR FORCE. - ABSOLUTELY CONGRATUL TO - HIM. - BUT ALSO WE HAVE SOME OTHER - THINGS TO BE PROUD OF.NT - THE SUPEDENT OF THE UNITED - STATES MILITARY ACADEMY AT WEST - POINT, GENERAL WILLIAMS, - A GREAT ROLE MODEL. - BUT THROUGHOUT I KNOW THROUGHOUT - MY CAREER, ALL THESE OFFICERS - EXPERIENCED DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF - RAE SM IN SOMYS, BUT AGAIN, - WE'RE IN THE HERE TO - AND GENERAL BUTLER, WHO I HAVE - GREAT RESPECT FOR, WHO IS THE - SENIOR MOST AFRICAN AMERICAN - OFFICER IN SPECIAL FORCES WHEN - HE RETIRED, IS AREAT EXAMPLE - OF A PERSON WHO HAS OVERCOME - OBSTACLES AND CHALLENGES AND WHO - HAS RISEN TO THE OCCASION. - HAVE TO DO DOUBLE THE WORK,YS WE - DOUBLE THE EFFORT JUST TO GET - THE SAME KIND OF RECOGNITION AS

- OUR PEERS. - >> Schifrin: BRIGADIER GENERAL - BUTLER,Lbj WONDERED IF YOU CAN - COMMENT ON WHERE WE ARE TODAY. - WE'VSEEN SO MANY SENIOR - MILITARY OFFICIALS TALK ABOUT - THE IMPORTANCE OF CHANGING THEUR - CUIN THE MILITARY, AND WE - EVEN SAW THE MARINE COME DONT - BANNING THE DISPLAY OF THE - CONFEDERATE FLAG BU THEY WOULD - CONSIDER RENAMING BASES FOR - CONFEDERATE GENERALS. - HOW FAST IS THE A MOVING ON - THIS, AND ARE THEY MOVING WITH - ONE VOICE? - >> I CAN'T TELL YOU IF THEY'RE - MOVING AT WHAT PACE. - I CAN JUST TELL YOU, REMO - BUTLER. - THERE WERE CONFEDERATE GENERALS. - I UNDERSTAND THAT. - I WOULD RATHER THE LITARY WORK - AT THE PERCENTAGE OF THEM, I.E. - PROMOTIONS OF MINORITY OFFICERS. - THAT'S WHE THE PROBLEM IS. - IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT

- COMMAND, YOU'RE NOT GOING FAR. - YOU'LL GO UP. - AND IF YOU LOOK AT TH - SYSTEMATIC PROBLEM, 1997, I - WROTE A PAPER, FIVE BLACK - OFFICER FAIL. - 2010, LLUTENANT ONEL SMITH - WROTE A PAPER, WHY BLACK - OFFICERS CONTINUE TO FAIL. - 2020, THERE'S ANOER ONE - WRITTEN BY ANOTHER PERSON, AND - HE GOES INTO THE HISTORY OF WHY - THERE IS SYINTEMATIC ISSUE - THE MILITARY. - SO I THINK WE'VE MADE SOME - PROGRESS, BUT NOT A LOT OF - PROGRESS. - YOU KNOW, PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE - PROBLEMS. - THE PEOPLE IN POWER, IT'S IN THE - AFFECTING THEM. - PEOPLE DON'T SEE THE PROBLEMSIT - UNTI AFFECTING THEM. - GEORGE FLOYD, PEOPLE NEVER SAW - THIS BEFORE. - NOW WE HAVE VIDEOS. - NOW PEOPLE CAN SEE THINGS THAT - ARE HAPPENING. - THAT'S WHY YOU'RE GETTING MORE, - PROTESTOCAUSE NOW THEY - AEFT, YELOU KNOW, TH - MILITARY IS A GREAT - ORGANIZATION. - THE ARMY IS GREAT. - I ENJOYED MY TIME IN IT, BUT I - THINK MORE COULD BE DONE.

- >> Schifrin: AND THOSE - MILITARY LEAD CENTERS CHARGE - GHT NOW DO SAYD ADMIT THAT - MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE. - THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING TO DO - MORE IN THE FUTURE. - GENTLEMAN, WE'LL HAVE THE LEAVE - IT THERE. - BRIGADIER GENERAL BUTLER, MAJOR - GENERAL PITTARD, THANK YOU VERY - MUCH TO YOU BOTH. - >> THANK YOU. - >> MY PLEASURE. - >> Woodrf: THE DEATH OF GEORGE - FLOYD AND THE PROTESTS SINCE - THEN HAVE RE-IGNITED ENORMOUS - QUESTIONS ABOUT RACE AND RACISM, - INEQUALITY AND DISCRIMINATION IN - AMERICA. - THAT'S TRUE AS WELL FOR THE - WE'RE IN-- THE NEWS INDUSTRY. - THERE HAVE BEEN A NUMBER OF - DEVELOPMENTS ON THAT FRONT OF - LATE, INCLUDING A DECISION BY T - EDITORS "PITTSBURGH POST- - GAZETTE" TO PULL AN AFRICAN- - AMERICAN JOURNALIST OFF PROTEST - COVERAGE FOLLOWING A TWEET. - HER WHITE COLLEAGUE ALSO WASWA - ED ABOUT A TWEET, BUT WAS

- NOT PULLED OFF COVERAGE.RY - THATALLIZED TO MANY THE - DIFFERENJOS IN HOW BLACK - NALISTS ARE SOMETIMES - TREATED COMPARED TO WHITE - D LLEAGUES. - WE EXPLORE THIS E LARGER - ISSUES BEHIND ALL OF THIS WITH - DOROTHY TUCKER, PRESID THE - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK - JOURNALISTS.OR O"THEOS - ANGELES TIMES." - WE WELCOME BOTH OF YOU TO THE - NEWS HOUR. - >> Dorthy:, YOU TOLD ONE OF MY - COLLEAGUES THIS AFT TNOON, YOU - SAIS HAS BEEN A DIFFICULT - TIME FOR BLACK JOURNALISTS. - YOU DESCRIBED THEM AS FRUSTRATED - AND TIRED, ANGRY AND SCARED. - THAT'S A LOT TO CARRY AROD AT - A TIME WHEN REPORTERS ARE BEING - ASKED TO COVER ALL OF THIS. - >> WELL, JUDY, QUITE HONESTLY, - ALL THE TIME ANIT DEFINITELY ISE - DAYS. - YOU KNOW, FROM MY OWN PERSONAL - EXPERIENCE, I CAN TELL YOU IN - COVERINGE PROTESTS, I WORKED

- OVER THE WEEKEND. - I VE WORKED THREE OR FOUR DAYS - IN A ROW. - AND I'M ASKING QUESTIONS OF - PEOP, AND I'M INTERVIEWING - PEOPLE ON THIS SIDE OF THE - BRAIN, BUT ON THE OTHER SIDE OF - THE BRAIN, I'M THINKG OF - 28-YEAR-OLD SON, WHO WAS - TRAVELING FROM ATLTA TO - CHICAGO DRIVING AN PRAYING THE - ENTIRE TIME THAT HE ARRIVES HOME - SAFELY, THAT HE DOESN'T GET - STOPPED BY A POLICE OFFICER, - THAT SOMETHING DOESN'T HAPPEN TO - HIM WHEN HE STOPS AT A REST - STOP, YOU KNOWET - SO THIS IS SNG THAT WE - CARRY WITH US WHEN YOU'RE - COVERING A PROTEST LIKE THIS, - AND YOU HAVE HAD EXPERIENCES OF - CISM. - YOU HAVE WITNESSED IT. - NEYOU KNOW SOMHO HAS HAD A - NEGATIVE EXCHANGE WITH A POLICE - OFFICER. - SO, YOU KNOW, THIS IS WHAT WEA - LIVE, AND TOE TO NOW BE - WHERE BOTH -- WEAR BOTH OF THOSE - HATS, IT'S FRUSTRATING A

- TIRING, AND AT TIMES BECAUSE - YOU'RE IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, IT'S - >> Woodruff: NORMAN - PEARLSTINE, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING - FROM REPORTERS YOU KNOW, - REPORTERS WHO WORK FOR YOU WHO - ARE AFRICAN AMERICAN? - >> WELL, THEY ARE SPEAKING VERY - MUCH ABOUT THE E KINDS OF - PRESSURES AND TENSIONS THAT YOU - WERE JST HEARING ABOUT. - THEY ARE ALSO COMMENTING QUITE - PASSIONATELY ABOUT THE FACT THAT - THERE ARE NOT NEARLY ENOUGH - BLACK JOURNALISTS WORKING AT THE - "LOS ANGELES TIMES" AND THAT - PUTS AN ADDITIONAL BURDEN ON - THOSE O ARE HERE. - >> Woodruff: NORM PEARLSTINE, - OTE THERE ENOUGH? - AND IF NOT, WHY ? - >> WELL, I THINK THERE HAS BEEN - A PATTERN OF UNDERREPRESENTATION - FOR A VERY LONG TIME IN ALL OFP - OULICATIONS IN THE U.S., - BUT IT HAS BEEN ESPECIALLY TRUE - AT THE "LOS ANGELES TIMES." - WE LIVE IN A PROGRESSIVE - COMMUNITY. - WE LIVE IN CITY THAT IS 47%

- HISPANIC, THAT HAS A VERY ACTIVE - BLACK POPULATION THAT IS - REPRESENTED IN POLITICS MUCH - MORE THAN IT IS IN JOURNALISM. - >> Woodruff: DOROTHY TUCKER, - HOW MUYO DIFFERENT -- INOWU - HAVE THESE DISCUSSIONS WITH - COLLEAGUES, YOU CERTAINLY - DISCUSS IT AT THE NAIONAL - ASSOCIATION OF BLACK - JOURNALISTS -- HOW MUCH - DIFFERENCE IS IT BELIEVED IT - WOULD MAKE IF THERE WERE MORE - JOURNALISTS OF COLOR AND MORE - JOURNALISTS OF COLOR IN - MADE?IONS WHERE DECISIONS ARE - >> THAT IS THE KEY, JUDY. - IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HAVING - INCREASED NUMBER OF JOURNALISTS - THERE. - IT IS IMORTANT THAT WE SEE - BLACK IN MANAGEMENT POSITIONS - THAT TSTORIES THAT WE COVER I - THINK YOU WOULD SEE MORE - UITABLE REPORTING IN THE - STORIES THAT WE COVER AND THE - KINDS OF STORIES THAT WE COVER. - I THINK FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS - WHO ARE REPORTING, THEY COME TO - THE EDITORIAL MEETINGS WITH

- IDEAS. - THEY COME WITH PITCH, AN - OFTENTIMES THEY'RE JUST NOTAC - PTED. - PERHAPS IF THERE WERE BLACK - MANAGERS THERE, THERE WOULD BE A - BETTER CHANCE OF SOME OF THE - IDEATHAT THEY'RE HAVING, THE - KIND OF STORIES THEY WOULD LIKE - TO DO, YOU KNOW, I THINK THOSE - MANAGERS WOULD BE MORE SENSITIVE - TO THAT.W, - YOU KN THINK JUST HAVING - SOMEONE, HAVING MORE BLACK M - MANAGERS WOUAN THAT SOME OF - THE MISSTEPS THAT WE'VE SEEN, - YOU WOULD NOT SEE. - YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE CASE OF - WHAT HAPPENED IN PITTSBURGH. - YOU WOULDN'T SEE THE HEADLINE - THAT WE SAW IN PHILADELPHIA. - YOU WOULDN'T CESSARILY SEE - WHAT WE SAW AT "THE NEW YORK - TIMES." - THE LIST IS LONG. - YOU NEED SOMEONE OF COLOR, AN - AFRICAN AMERICAN AT THE TABLE - WHEN DECISIONS ARE MADETO - PREVENT THE KIND OF MISSTEPS - THAT WE HAVE SEEN IN THE MEDIA - F CENTLY. - >> ONEE ACTIVE DEBATES WE - HAD OVER THE PAST WEEK WAS ABOUT - E USE OF WORD "LOOTING" TO - DESCRIBE THE DESTRUCTION OF

- PROPERTY AND RY MUCH THE - FEELING AMONG THE BLACK - JOURNALISTS AT THE "LOS - TIMES" WHO FRANKLY EDUCATED THE - REST OF US TO THE FACT THAT - LOOTING HAD A PEJORATIVE RACT - CONNOTATION AND THAT COMPARING - IT TO THE KIND OFBEHAVIOR OF - THE POLICE AND THE KIN OF - BEHAVIOR THAT WE WITNESSED - REALLY WAS A LSE EQUIVALENCY - AND YET IT WAS ONE WE WERE - MAKING AS JOURNALISTS IF YOU - PICKED UP A COPY OF OUR PAPER. - >> THAT'S A GREAT CONVERSATION - TO HAVE. - I MEAN, THE WORD RIOT IS VERY - SIMILAR. - YOU KNOW, THERE IS CONCERN THAT - IT IS AUTBOMATICALLY ELED AS A - RIOT IF IT IS AFRICAN AMERICANS - WHO ARE PROTESTIN BUT IT'S NOT - LABELED AS A RIOT WHEN YOU SEE - THE SAME KIND OF DSTRUCTION - AFTER A CONCERT OR AFTER A - SPORTING EVENT. - SO THE ARE WORDS THAT HAVE

- THAT ASSOCIATION, SO I - APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT YOU'RE - HAVING THAT KIND OF DISCUSSION - AT THE "L.A. TIMES." - >> Woodruff: IT'S A - IT'S ALSO...RE INCREASINGLY - HEARING THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT - THIS IDEA, S TRADITIONAL IDEA - IN THE PRESS OF NEYUTRAL - VERSUS WHAT SOME ARE SAYING NOW - WHEN IT COMES TO SUBJECTS LIKE - RACE, WHERE JOURNALISTS ARE - CALLED ON TO SPEAK WITH WHAT - THEY ARCALLING ON MORAL - CLARITY, NORMAN PEARLSTINE, EVEE - IF THAT MEANS STEP FROM - PURE NEUTRALITY INTO EXPRESSING - AN OPINION. - I GUESS MY QUESTION IS, IS - JOURNALI CHANGING IN THAT - REGARD? - >> I THINK IT'S CHANGING ONLY IN - THE EXPANSION OF THE DEFITION. - WE DON'T THINK TWICE ABOUT - SAYING THAT ANTI-FASCISM WOULD - BE PART OF OUR MANDATE ASA - JOURNALISTIC INSTITUTION. - ANTI-RACISM CETAINLY SHOULD BE

- SIMILARLY CENTRAL TO CORE. - I THINK THAT THE DANGER IS THATT - WE ONLY RECOGNIZE THE NEED - TO TELL STORIES, BUT THAT WE - ALD NEETO HAVE A MORAL - PURPOSE. - HERWISE I THINK THAT THE - FREEDOM THATWE GET WITH THE - FIRST AMENDMENTS ARE NOT - DESERVED. - NO DOROTHY TUCKER, IS WHA - GOING ON TODAY CALLING ON US TO - RE-EXAMINE AGAIN THAT - TRADITIONAL DEFINITION OF - JOURNALISM AS ALL ABOUT - NEUTRALITY? - >> YOU KNOW, I THINK WHT IS - HAPPENING TODAY IS MORE THAN - YTHING, CALLING ON NEWS - MANAGERS AND NEWS OUTLETS TO - JUST REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THE - VERY VOICES IN THEIR NEWSROOMS. - YOU KNOW, WHEN IT COMES TO JUST - WHETHER WE SHOULD, YOU KNOW, - STEP OVER A LINE, I DON'T THIYOK

- IS ASKING FOR THAT. - I MEAN, WE'RE JOURNALISTS, AND - WE'RE GOING TO BE FAIR AND WE'RE - SAME TIME, IF THE INFORMATIONTHE - THAT SOMEONE IS PUTTING OUT - THERE IS WRO, YOU KNOW, I - THINK AS JOURNALISTS, AS YOU - WELL KNOW, IT IS OUR JOB TO - POINT THAT OUT. - IF WHAT SOMEBODY IS SAYING TO - YOU ISEN FAR AND RACIST, AS - JOURNALIST, IT IS OUR JOB TO - POINT THAT OUT. - AND I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SEEING - TODAY IS THAT JOURNALISTS ARE - MORE COMFORTABLE IN DOING THAT. - SO I THINK THAT'S WHERE THE - CHANGE MAY BE. - >> I THINK THERE IS SOME - PARALLEL TO DURING THE VIETNAM - PERIOD WHEN JOURNALISLIKE - DAVID HALBERTSAM WERE CERTAINLY - LETTING THEIR OPINIONS INTO - THEIR JOURNALISM, AND I THINK IT - WAS FOR THE BETR. - >> Woodruff: IT'S A BIG - SUBJECT. - AND WE SO APPRECIATE BOTH OF YOU - TALKING WITH US TODAY. - NORMAN PEARLSTINE, LOS ANGELES S - TIMES," DORTHY TUCKER, REPORTER

- IN CHICAGO AND PRESIDENT OF THE - NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK - JOURNALISTS. - THANK YOU BOTH. - >> THANK YOU. - >> Woodruff: TODAY WAS ELECTION - DAY IN FIVE STATES, INCLUDINGOR - A, WHERE VOTERS FACED - BROKEN VOTING MACHINES AND - HOURS-LONG LINES IN 90-DEGREE - HEAT. - GEORGIA'S SECRETARY OF STATE - CALLED THE SITUATION" - UNACCEPTABLE" AND ORDERED AN - INVESTIGATN INTO VOTING - PROBLEMS IN THE ATLANTA AREA. - GEORGIA ALSO HAD FEWER POLL - WORKER IN PLACE DUE TO THE - PANDEMIC.ON - WITH THE CIRUS STILL - PRESENT IN ALL 50 STATES, - OFFICIALS AROUND THE COUNTRY ARE - TRDNG TO DETERMINE HOW TO H - THIS FALL'S ELECTION WHILE - KEEPING VOTERS SAFE.HE - ONE OFEY WAYS IS VOTING BY - MAIL. - WILLIAM BRANGHAM REPORT - PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE - REPUBLICAN PARTY ARE CASTING

- UNPROVEN ALLEGATIONS THE - PROCESS. - WHEN YOU DO ALL MAIL-IN - VOTING BALLOTS, YOU ARE ASKING - FOR FRAUD. - >> Reporter: LESS THAN SIX - MONTHS FROM ELECTION DAY, - PRESIDENT TRUMP IS TRYING TO - UNDERMINE A PROCESS THROUGHIC - MILLIONS OF AMERICANS - CURRENTLY CAST THEIR VOTE:RO - H THE MAIL. - THE PRACTICE ALLOWS VOTERS TO - RECEIVE A BALLOT IN THE MAIL, - FILL IT OUT AT HOME AND RETURN - IT THROUGH THE MAIL, OR DROP IT - OFF AT A SECURE LOCA - THAT, RATHER THAN PHYSICALLY - CASTING THAT VOTE AT A POLLING - STATION. - ABSENTEE VOTING IS TRADITIONALLY - A TYPE OF MAIL-IN VOTING WHERE - YOU NEED TO BE APPROVED TO - RECEIVE A BALLOT. - AND SOME STATES HAVE STRICTER - REQUIREMENTS THAN OTHERS. - >> PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VOTING BY - MAIL SINCE THE CIVIL WAR. - WE SENT BALLOTS TO SOLDIERS - DURING THE CIVIL WAR AND THEY - RETURNED THEM BY MAIL. - SO, THIS IS CERTAINLY NOT - SOMETHING THAT'S NEW IN AMERICAN - HISTORY. - AND IN THE LAST SEVERAL YEARS, - IT'S GOTTEN EVEN MORE COMMON.

- E Reporter: BUT NOW, GIVEN THE - PANDEMIC, AND THRISK OF - CROWDED TOGETHER, ELECTIONARE - OFFICIALS IN MANY STATES WANT TO - AVOID A REPEAT OF THIS, WHERE - SOME WISCONSIN VOTERS CROWDED IN - LONG LINES FOR HOURS FOR AN - ELECTION IN APRIL. - WITH GROWING HEALTH CONCERNS, - MORE THA - IN THAT STATE WERE CAST BY MAIL. - THAT INCLUDED MIDDLETON - RESIDENTS BRADY MINTER AND HIS - EMMY HAS A CONGENIARTDAUGHTER - DEFECT. - >> ANYBODY WHO'S BEEN TO A - VOTING POLL KNOWS HOW CRAMPED - SPACES CAN BE. - AND SO, IT WAS REALLY AN EASY - DECISION, GIVEN OUR PERSONAL - CORERNS WITH OUR, OUR DAUGH - HAVING SOME HEART ISSUES. - BARRING ANY SORT OF UNEXPECTED - MEEVENTS, WE WOULD DO THE - THING IN NOVEMBER. - >> PEOPLE SHOULD NOT HAVE TO - CHOOSE BETWEEN VOTING AND-- AND - PRESERVING THEIR GOOD HEALTH. - >> Reporter: BUT THAT HASN'T - STOPPED THE PRESIDENT FROM - LASHING OUT AT DEMOCRATIC - OFFICIALS IN CONGRESS AND IN KEY - BATTLEGROUND STATES WHO ARE - TRYING TO EXPAND VOTE-BY-MAIL.

- THIS, WHILE VOTER TURNOUT FALLS - AMID THE PANDEMIC. - >> IF PEOPLE MAIL IN BALLOTS, - THERE'S A LOT OF ILLEGALITY. - >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT HAS - ACCUSED THEM-- WITH - EVIDENCE-- OF TRYING TO RIG THE - AT20 ELECTION. - THE PRESIDENT THED TO - WITHHOLD FEDERAL AID FROM - MICHIGAN FOR SENDING OUT VOTE- - BY-MAIL APPLICATIONS TO - REGISTERED VOTERS, AND NEVADA - BECAUSE ITS REPUBLICAN SECRETARY - OF STATE SENT OUT MAIL-IN - BALLOTS. - BOTH ARE LEGAL IN THOSE STATES. - >> WE DON'T WANT THEM TO DO - NEIL-IN BALLOTS. - WE DON'T WANT AN TO DO MAIL- - IN BALLOTS. - >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT - HIMSELF VOTES WITH A MAIL-IN - BALLOT FROM FLORIDA, HIS LEGALAT - OF RESIDENCE. - >> IF YOU NEED IT FOR SOME - REASON OR IF SOMEBODY IS NOT - WELL THAT'S ONE THING, BUT WHEN - YOU SEND OUT 7.7 MILLION MAIL-IN - BALLOTS THERE'S FORGERIES. - >> Reporter: THE PRESIDENT'S - CAMPAIGN AGAINST VOTBY-MAIL - COMES AS PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR IT - IS RISING AMID THE PAN - IN A RECENT PBS NEWSHOUR, NPR, - MAST POLL, JUST OVER HALF - VOTERS SAID THEY WOULD VOTE-BY- - MAIL IN NOVEMBER, IF GIVEN THE

- OPTION.E - BUT RTISAN DIVIDE IS - STARK. - ABOUT 60% OF DEMOCRATS SAY THEY - WOULD, COMPARED TO ONLY ABOUT - 40% OFEPUBLICANS. - WOULD STILL VOTE IN PERSON. - >> MANY PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VOTING - BY MAIL FOR A VERY LONG TIME, - INCLUDING OUR MILITARY AND - OVERSEAS VOTERS. - >> Reporter: TAMMY PATRICK IS A - FORMER ELECTIONS OFFICIAL. - SHE'S NOW A SENIOR ADVISER AT - THE BIPARTISAN FOUNDATION - DEMOCRY FUND. - WE'VE HEARD THE PRESIDENT AND - MANY OTHERS MAKE ACCUSATIONS - THAT VOTING BY MAIL IS AN - INVITATION TO WIDESPREAD FRAUD. - IS THERE ANY EVIDENCE THAT - THAT'S TRUE? - >> NO. - THERE IS NO EVIDENCE THAT THAT - IS TRUE. - AND I WILL SAY THAT WE ALREADY - HAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF - AMERICANS VOTING BY MAIL. - THEY HAVE THEIR BALLOT HANDED TO - THEM BY A POSTAL CARRIER, NOT A - POLL WORKER. - IN MANY PLACES, YOU HAVE - SIGNATURE VERIFICATION WHEN THE - APPLICATION COMES IN, SO IT'S - COMPARED TO YOUR VOTER - REGISTRATION FORM IN MANY - PLACES.

- AT SAME SIGNATURE TYPE OF - VERIFICATION IS ALSO DONE ON THE - BALLOT ENVELOPE.E - THERE HER SECURITY - MEASURES WHERE AUDITING TAKES - PLACE THAT LOOKS TO SEE WHERET - ARE PLACES T'RE GETTING - THINGS THAT ARE COMING IN LATE - OR WE'RE SEEING ABNORMAL - ACTIVITY FROM WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN - E PAST. - >> Reporter: IN THE 2016 - ELECTION, MORE THAN 33 MILLION - AMERICS VOTED USING MAIL-IN - BALLOTS. - EXPERTS EXPECT THAT NUMBER TO - MORE THAN TRLE IN 2020. - FIVE STATES-- COLORADO, HAWAII, - OREGON, WASHINGTON AND UTAH-- - ALREADY CONDUCT THEIR ELECTIONS - ENTIRELY BY MAIL, WITHKI - CALIFORNIA L TO JOIN THEM - THIS YEAR BECAUSE OF THE - PANDEMIC.S - WHILE THERE'NO EVIDENCE OF - WIDESPREAD FRAUD WITH MAIL-IN OR - ABSENTEE BALLOTS, IT DOES - OCCASIONALLY HAPPEN. - ONE RECENT CASE HAPPENED IN A - 2018 NORTH CAROLINA - CONGRESSIONAL RACE, WHERE A - REPUBLICAN OPERATIVE ILLEGALLY - GATHERED AND SUBMITTED BALLOTS. - >> YOU KW, I DON'T WANT TO - DISCOUNT THE CONCERNS OVER VOTER - FRAUD, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES

- TO VOTE BY MAIL, BECAUSE THE - INSTANCES OF FRAUD THAT WE'VE - SEEN IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS - HAVE BEEN WITH ABSENTEE BALLOTS. - SO, THESE THINGS DO HAPPEN-- ALL - KINDS OF VOTER FRAUD DOES - HAPPEN-- BUT IT'S EXCEEDINGLY - RARE. - >> Reporter: AND WHILE THE - PRESIDENT IS ATTACKING - IN RED STATES-- LIKE IN - EXPAND MAIL-IN VOTING. - >> I DON'T THINK THAT IT IS A - SURPRISE OR A SHOCK THAT THEES - STHAT HE'S DENIGRATING ARE - DEMOCRATIC-LEANING AND THE - STATES THAT HE IS APPLAUDING ARE - REPUBLICAN-LEANING. - SO, THIS IS NOT NECESSARY - ABOUT THE SECURITY OF VOTE BY - MAIL. - 'S ABOUT WHO WILL VOTE - REPUBLICAN AND WHO WON'T. - >> IT IS AN ABSOLUTE BRAZENGR - POWE. - >> Reporter: THE REPUBLICAN - NATIONAL COMMITTEE-- LED BY - CHAIOMAN RONNA McDANIEL-- IS - NOW SUING CALIFORNIA TO STOP - THAT BLUE STATE FROM MAILING - ABSENTEE BALLOTS TO ALL - REGISTERED VOTERS. - THE PRESIDENT'S MADE FALSE - CLAIMS ABOUT WHO WAS, IN FACOT - RECEIVING BAIN THE GOLDEN - STATE. - >> PEOPLE THAT AREN'CITIZENS, - ILLEGALS, ANYBODY THAT WALKS IN

- CALIFORNIA IS GOING TO GET - BALLOT. - >> Reporter: IT IS THOSE - INDIVIDUAL STATES-- NOT THE - DERAL GOVERNMENT-- THAT - DETERMINE THE RULES FOR HOW - VOTES WILL BE CAST IN NOVEMBER. - AND IN THE FACE OF THE PANDEMIC, - MORE STATES-- BOTH RED AND - BLUE-- ARE LOOKING TO EXPANDEE - ABSENT AND VOTE-BY-MAIL - OPTIONS. - AND, SO FAR, THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN - AND STATE REPUBLICAN OFFICIALS - ARE STILL ENCOURAGING THEIR - VOTERS TO VOTE THAT WAY, IF THEY - CHOOSE. - FOR THE PBS NEWSHOUR, I'M - WILLIAM BRANGHAM. - >> Woodruff: AS CASES OF - ERONAVIRUS CONTINUE TO SP - OVERSEAS-- NOTABLY IN BRAZIL, - D INDIA-- ONE NATION FROM THE - OUTSET SOUGHT TO BEAT COVID-19,N - HAS APPARENTLY SUCCEEDED: - VIETNAM. - NDTHORITARIAN COUNTRY INSTITUTED - MASS QUARANTINESOCIAL - DISTANCING, AND-- AS SPECIAL - CORRESPONDENT MIKE CERRE

- REPORTS-THEY FLATTENED THE - CURVE. - >> Reporter: "WHEN CHINA - SNEEZES, VIETNAM IS THE FIRST TO - CAH THE COLD," AS THE - VIETNAMESE LIKE TO SAY GIVEN - THEIR SHARED BORDER. - THE 2003 SARS VIRUS OUTBREAK - SPREAD FROM CHINA TO VTNAM - FIRST. - WITH FEWER THAN 1,000 I.C.U. - FOR MORE THAN 90 MILLIO - PEOPLE, THIS TIME VIETNAM SIMPLY - COULDN'T AFFORD TO LET THE - CORONAVIRUS SPREAD OUT OF - CONTROL AND OVERRUN ITS - HEALTHCARE SYSTEM. - THE U.S. CENTERS FOR DISEASE - CONTROL'S REPRESENTATIVE IN - HANOI IS DR. MATT MOORE. - >> THE PUBLIC HERE IN VIETNAM - HAS REALLY BOUGHT INTO THIS. - THEY REALLY FEEL SHARED - OWNERSHIP OF THE PROBLEM OF - COVID-19. - AND I THINK, AGAIN, IT'S BECAUSE - OF THOSE EARLY SUCCESSES WHERE - THE GOVERNMENT WAS CARRYING OUT - PRETTY STRONG MEASURES THAT FOR - US IN THE WEST, WE MIGHT - CONSIDER THEM TO BE SORT O - DRACONIAN, BUT THEY WERE REALLY - EFFECTIVE. - >> Reporter: VIETNAM AND THE - U.S. HAD THEIR FIRST COVID CASES

- THE SAME WEEK AT THE END OF - JANUARY, BUT VIETNAM'S PANDEMIC - TASK FORCE WAS OPERATIONAL IN A - WEEK, INSTEAD OF A MONTH FOR ITS - U.S. COUNTERPART. - TH COUNTRIES ISSUED AIR TRAVEL - BANS FROM CHINA AND ABROAD, BUT - VIETNAM ALSO MEDICALLY SCREENED - INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS, - REQUIRING 14-DAY SELF - QUARANTINES. - AND MANDATORY QUARANTINES FOR - THOSE TRACED TO ANYONE WITH - SYMPTOMS OR TESTING POSITIVE. - UNTIL IT COULD RAMP-UP ITS - LIMITED TESTING CAPACITY, - VIETNAM TARGETED HOTSPOTS, - QUARANTINED THOSE TESTING - POSITIVE AT MEDICAL FACILITIES, - THEY WERE QUARANTINED USUALLY AT - MILITARY SITES FOR TWO WEEKS OR - UNTIL THEY TESTED NEGATIVE. - VIETNAM'S SHELTER IN PCE AND - SOCIAL DISTANCING RESTRICTIONS - WERE ALSO MORE STRICY - ENFORCED. - >> IT TAKES A LOT OF HUMAN - RESOURCES TO TRACK CONTACTS OF - POTENTIAL CASES AND CONTROL

- THESE CLUSTERS - AND THEY DID HAVE THE HUMAN - RESOURCES TO DO THAT. - >> Reporter: DR. TODD POLLACK - HEADS-UPHE HARVARD MEDICAL - SCHOOL'S PARTNERSHIP FOR HEALTH - ADVANCEMENT IN VIETNAM. - HE AND OTHER WESTE MEDICAL - ADVISORS BELIEVE VIETNAM'S - RELATIVELY LOW COVID NUMBERS ARE - GENERALLY BACKED UP BY WHAT THEY - OBSERVED THROUGHOUT THE CRISIS. - >> WE CAN LOOK AT THE NUMBER OF - PATIENTS ADMITTED TO THE - HOSPITALS BECAUSE IN VIETNAM, - THEY HAVE A POLICY TO ISOLATE - ALL POSITIVE CASES IN HEALTH - FACILITIES. - IF IT WAS HIT WITH THE - THOUSANDS, TEN, THOUSANDS,SA - HUNDREDS OF THS OF CASES - THAT ARE BEING SEEN IN OTHER - COUNTRIES, IT ALSO WOULD BE - OVERWHELD LIKE OTHER - COUNTRIES. - BUT AT THE CURRENT STATE, - THAT'S, THAT'S NOT THE SITUATION - HERE. - Reporter: THE MAJORITY OF - THEM WERE TREATED AT THE - NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR TROPICAL - DISEASES WHICH HAD EXTRA - THE CRISIS ACCORDIDR. THIOUGHOUT - HAI NINH, HEAD OF INTERNAL - MEDICINE. - >> VIETNAM IS A DEVELOPI - COUNTRY AND OUR RESOURCES ARE - LIMID. - SO, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE

- PANDEMIC, WE TRY TO RESTRICT THE - NUMBER OF THE PAENTS AND NOTte - >> Repor VIETNAM LITERALLY - DECLARED WAR ON THE CORONAVIRUS. - THE MILITARY WAS MOBILIZED FOR - HEALTHCARE MISSIONS AND THEIR - BASES CONVERTED TO MANDATORY - QUARANTINE SITES. - IT'S LARGEST MANUFACTURING - COMPANIES CONVERTED TOCING - P.P.E. AND TEST KITS, WHICH THEY - ARE NOW EXPORTING TO THE U.S. - A MOBILE APP WAS CREATED F - UPDATING COVID HOTSPOT LOCATIONS - AND THEIR PROXIMITY. - COVID GOT THE FULL ENEMY - TREATMENT ON VIETNAM'S - UBIQUITOUS PROPAGANDA - BILLBOARDS. - ♪ ♪ - >> Reporter: ITS POP STARS - BANDED TOGETHER TO HELP - COMMUNICATE CRITICAL HYGIENE - MESSAGING AND RALLY THE COUNTRY - FOR WHAT WAS CONSIDERED TO BE A - THREAT TO THEIR PERSONAL HEALTH - AND NATIONAL SECURITY. - >> THERE IS GOOD MEDICAL CARE - HERE, IS JUST THAT THE, THE - AVAIBILITY OF IT, THE VOLUME - OF IT IS, IS NOWHERE NEAR A

- DEVELOPED COUNTRY. - AND, BECAUSE OF THAT, I THINK, - YOU KNOW, THE COUNTRY AND THE - PEOPLE HERE IN TERMS OF ITS - LEADERSHIP AND THE PEOE TAKE - THESE SITUATIONS MUCH MORE - SERISLY. - VIETNAMESE-AMERICASINESSMANS A - LIVING IN HO CHI MINH CITY WHOM - WE PROFILED PREVIOUSLY ON THE - NEWSHOUR.HE - ASWNER OF THE LOCAL - McDONALDS RESTAURANTS AND ALSO - HAVING A U.S. MEDICAL DEGREE, HE - BELIEVES CULTURAL DIFFERENCES - ALLOWED THE VIETNAMESE TO BE - MORE ACCEPTING OF THE STRICTER - CONTAINMENT MEASURES THANIC - AMS DESPITE HAVING FEWER - CASES. - >> IN THE LARGER PICTURE. - MAYBE THERE IS A LITTLE BIT RE - WHAT I'LL CALL A SENSE OF, OF - COMMONALITY IN TERMS OF - TOGETHERNESS HERE. - THAT PEOPLE SAY THIS IS THE - SACRIFICE I MAKE FOR THE BETTER - GOOD OF MY FAMILY, MY COMMUNITY - MY CITY,UNTRY. - >> Reporter: MANY ATTRIBUTE - VIETNAM'S RELATIVE SUCCESS TO - ITS MORE AHORITARIAN STYLE OF - MORE AGGRESSIVE AND ENFORCEDR - CONTAINMENT MEASURES THAT COULD - BE IMPLEMENTED WITHOUT DELAY,

- PUBLIC DEBATE OR THE CIVIL - LIBERTIES AND PRIVACY ISSUES - AMERICANS ARE GUARANTEED. - HUMAN RIGHTS CRITICS FEAR THE - GOVERNMENT TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE - CRISIS TO FURTHER ADVANCE ITS - PUBLIC SURVEILLANCE AND ONLINE - CENSORSHIP AGENDA. - >> WE SHOULDN'T IGNORE THE FACT - THAT THE BELIEFS AND THE SUPPORT - OF THE POPULATION ARE ALSO KEY - IN THIS IN THIS KIND OF - SITUATION. - ♪ - >> Reporter: ONE OF THE FIRST - COUNTRIES OUTSIDE OF CHINA TOTI - START SH DOWN, VIETNAM WAS - ONE OF THE FIRST TO STARTE - RE-OPENING AT D OF APRIL. - STARTING IN AREAS THAT HAD GONE - 21 DAYS WITHOUT ANY NEW COVID - CASES, AS THEY CONTINUE TO - FOLLOW THEIR SO FAR SUCCESSFUL - COVID- CONTAINMENT STRATEGY. - I'M MIKE CERRE FOR THE PBS - NEWSHOUR. - >> Woodruff: CALIFORNIA GOVERNOR - GAVIN NEWSOM HAS JUST ANNOUNCED

- MOVIE THEATERS ON FRIDAY, BUT - G CHAINS-- INCLUDING A.M.C. - THEATERS-- HAVE ID THEY FEAR - FOR THEIR VERY EXISTENCE. - THE PANDEMIC CONTINUES BRINGING - CHAOS TO THE MORE THAN $42 - BILLION GLOBAL MOVIE BUSINESS. - JEFFREY BROWN REPORTS, FOR OUR - ARTS AND CULTURE SERIES, - "CANVAS." - >> Reporter: THIS SUMMER - BLOCKBUSTERS: NOT COMING TO A - THEATER NEAR YOU, AS ONE BY ONE: - "MULAN," "WONDER WOMAN 1984," - AND SO MANY OTHER FILMS HAVE - BE PUT ON HOLD. - KIM MASTERS IS EDITOR-AT-LARGE - HOST OF PUBLIC STATION KCRW'S" - >> THE MOVIE INDUSTRY AND THE - ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY MOREOA - Y IS IN A STATE OF - PARALYSIS MORE OR LESS RIGHT - NOW. - AND WHAT YOU SEE IS ANYTHINGIG - WITH AFICANT BUDGET IS - GETTING PUSHED. - MASTERS SAYS: "TENET," A BIG - MOVIE BY A BIG-TIME DIHECTOR, - CHRISTNOLAN, OF "DUNKIRK"

- AND "THE DARK KGHT" FILMS." - TENET," A MIND-BENDING, TIME- - WARPING THRILLER, WAS EXPECTED - S TO BE ONE OF THE SUMMER'XCE - OFITS, WITH AN OPENING - MID-JULY. - BUT WILL THAT RELEASE DATE HOLD - UP? - >> MANY PEOPLE IN THE INDUSTRY - THINK THIS IS SIMPLY - UNREALISTIC. - S I THINK CHRISTOPHER NOLAEA - WAS, MY MOVIE WILL LEAD THE WAY - AND PEOPLE WILL COME AND THE T - WORLD WILL STARETURN TO - ITSELF. - BUT I DON'T THINK IN MANY PLACES - THERE'S A FEELING SO STRONGLY - THE WORLD IS RETURNING TO ITSELF - THAT WE'RE STREAMING INTO E - THEATERS. - >> Reporter: WHERE WE ARE - STREAMING, OF COURSE, IS IEAOUR - HOMES: SNG VIDEO ON OUR - SMALL SCREENS. - NETFLIX AND OTHER SERVICES HAD - ALREADY BEEN CHAENGING AND - CHANGING THE HOLLYWOOD ECONOMIC - MODEL.HE - THE PANDEMIC PTHAT - FURTHER. - IN APRIL, UNIVERSAL RELEASED ITS - ANIMATED SEQUEL "TROLLS WORLD - TOUR" DIRECTLY TO STREAMING, - CHARGING $19.99.

- IT TOOK IN MORE THAN $100 - MILLION IN ITS FIRST THREE - A TRADITIONAL THEARELEASE.WITH - EYE-OPENING FOR SURE, BUT NOT, - SAYS MASTERS, GAME-CHANGING. - >> YOU COULD DO THAT WITH AN - CERTPE OF MOVIE. - I MEAN, "TROLLS," THEY HAD ALL - KINDS OF REASONS FOR DOING IT. - THEY'D ALREADY SPENT, EVEN JUST - IN THIS COUNTRY, SAY, $40 - MILLION TO ADVERTISE IT. - IT WAS A KNOWN PROPERTY. - IT WAS A KID'S MOVE AT A TIME OF - PANDEM. - IT WAS A BIT OF A ONE OFF. - YOU CAN'T EXTRAPOLATE. - >> Reporr: MOST MOVIES, THAT - IS, STILL NEED THEATERS. - AND WHO'S READY TO RETURN TO THE - CAL MULTIPLEX? - >> WE ARE GOING TO HAVE MORE - DEBT AT THE END OF THIS WITH NO - INCOME AND PROBAFOY LESS INCOME - THE REMADER OF THE YEAR.AR - TO SAY IT'S SCIS SORT OF AN - UNDERSTATEMENT. - >> Reporter: BOBBIE BAGBY ISRE - EXECUTIVE VICEDENT OF "B&B - THEATERS," THE NATION'S SIXTH - LARGEST THEATECHAIN WITH MORE - THAN 400 SCREENS ACROSS SEVEN - STATES. - IT'S A FAMILY-OWNED COMPANY THAT - DATES TO 1924. - >> WE'VE GONE THROUGH WARS AND

- 9/11, THE GREAT DEPRESSION. - I MEAN, YOU NAME IT, WE'VE KIND - OF BEEN THROUGH THOSE TIMES. - AND WHILE TH'VE BEEN HARD, - WE'VE BEEN ABLE TO REMAIN OPEN. - THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OUR - HISTORY THAT EVERY SINGLE ONE OF - OUR LOCATIONS HAS BEEN CLOSED - AND WITH ZERO INCOME COMING IN. - >> Reporter: NOW THEATER OWNERS - EVERYWHERE NEED TO LUR - AUDIENCES BACK. - IT'S NO LONGER ABOUT THE POPCORN - AND THE FILMS, BUT ABOUT FEELING - SAFE. - AND THAT MEANS CHANGING THE - PHYSICAL SPACE. - >> LOTS OF EXTRA CLEANING - PROCEDURES ARE TAKING PLACE. - WE'RE STAGGERING SEATS. - IT MEANS WE'RE LOSING EVERY - OTHER THIRD SEAT, DEPENDING ON - THE AUDITORIUM LAYOUT. - SO, IT'S LESS PEOPLE COMING INTO - THE BUILDING, EVEN IF WE COULD - BE AT FULL CAPACITY. - I INK PEOPLE ARE READY TO GET - OUT. - I THINK STORYTELLING AND - ESCAPING TO THE MAGIC OF THE - MOVIES IS SORT OF IN OUR CORE AS - ERICA. - AND WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE - CAN TO TRY TO PROTECT OUR STAFF - AND OUR GUESTS AS THEY COME - BACK. - BUT I N'T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE - HOLDS. - >> Reporter: IT MAY HOLD A

- THEATERS. - THERE ARE JUST ABOUT 320 LEFT, - BUT THEY'RE HAVING A SUDDEN - RESURGENCE. - AT A SALT LAKE CITY DRIVE-IN - RECENTLY, CARS PARKED TWO SPACES - APART, AND HAILEY DEETS AND HER - DAUGHTER ENJOYED THE HORROR FI"" - THE HUNT," AN ESCAPE FROM OULI - NATIONAL REA HORROR. - >> THIS IS PROBABLY ACTUALLY MY - 5th TIME OUT OF MY HOUSE - IN TWO MONTHS. - >> Reporter: IN FACT, DRIVE-IN - THEATERS THEMSELVES BEGAN AS A - RESPONSE TO EARLIER CHANGES IN - AMERICAN CULTURE-- NUMBERING - MORE THAN 4,000 IN THEIR HEYDAY - IN THE POST-WAR, CAR-LOVING, - SUBURBANIZING AMERICA OF THE - 1950s. - US NOW, SAYS THEATER HISTORIAN - KEVIN CORBETT OF CENTRAL - MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY. - >> IN MANY WAYS, THE HISTORY OFE - MOVIE TH IS ACTUALLY A - HISTORY OF THOSE THEATERS HAVING - TO RESPOND TO THREATS. - WE CAN GO BACK TO AT LEAST AS - FAR AS THE 1930s AND THE GREAT - PEOPLE WERE SPENDING WHAT MONEYR - THEY HAD ON GOING TO MOVIES. - >> Reporter:NE WAY TO BRING

- THEM IN? - POPCORN! - THE CONCESSION STAND, IT TURNS - OUT, WAS A MAJOR INNOVATION FOR - ITS TIME. - JUST AS MORE RECENTLY, MANY - D EATERS HAVE ADDED PLUSH, - VIBRATING SEATS NCIERGE - INRVICE, MAKING THEMSELVES - ENTERTAINMENT DEIONS IN - RESPONSE TO THE THREAT FROM THE - COMFORT-OF-HOME VIEWING OFFERED - BY STREAMING SERVICES. - THAT HISTORY GIVES KEVIN CORBETT - REASON FOR OPTIMISM. - >> GIVEN THEACT THAT THEATERS - NOW HAVE SURVIVED A VARIETY OF - THREATS FOR YOU COULLITERALLY - SAY 120 YEARS NOW BECAUSE TURN - OF THE 20th CENTURY IS WHEN - APPEARED, I DON'T E THISRST - PANDEMIC, THIS PARTICULAR - THREAT, ENDING MOVIE THEATERS. - I'M CONVINCED PEOPLE HAVE ALWAYS - AND WILL ALWAYS WANT TO BE OUT - AND ENTERTAID IN GROUPS. - THAT, ALONE, I THINK, WILL ALLOW - THEATERS TO CONTINUEO EXIST. - >> Reporter: MAYBE SO. - FOR NOW, THE SUPERHEROES,

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